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    News & Sport TV Shows - 1970s TV Shows - 1980s 1 Min Read

    Kick Start

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    Originally hosted by the hairy cornflake himself, radio DJ Dave Lee Travis, Kick Start presented motorcycle Moto-X where 18 top international riders had to compete in a knockout contest of time trials, riding over man-made obstacles such as logs, oil drums, rockeries, water-filled skips, walls, steep banking, cliff-faces, a greasy pole – and often an old Volkswagen Beetle – against the clock.

    Time penalties were incurred for putting a foot on the ground while tackling an obstacle or touching or knocking over specified parts of an obstacle.

    The original BBC Birmingham series was filmed at a specially constructed course at Donington Park in Leicestershire. The location later moved to Easton Neston House on Lord Hesketh’s estate near Towcester in Northamptonshire.

    The show was a huge success, regularly attracting over 10 million viewers per episode. Peter Purves took over as host in 1981.

    A spin-off programme for young motorcyclists aged between 8 and 15 – called Junior Kick Start – was broadcast from 1980 to 1992, also hosted by Peter Purves and Mick Andrews.

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    Dave Lee Travis
    Peter Purves
    Mick Andrews

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